Meeting Cost Calculator
Total, hourly and per-minute meeting cost, plus a live ticking meter.
Salaries are converted at 2,080 working hours a year (40 hours × 52 weeks). Add a markup to the rates if you want to include benefits and overheads.
Use via API
What a meeting costs from its length and attendees' pay. Annual salaries are converted at 2,080 working hours a year. Send JSON, get JSON back.
POST https://pithlab.com/api/v1/tools/meeting-cost-calculator
curl https://pithlab.com/api/v1/tools/meeting-cost-calculator \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PITHLAB_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"minutes":60,"groups":"[{\"count\":5,\"rate\":45,\"unit\":\"hour\"},{\"count\":2,\"rate\":120000,\"unit\":\"year\"}]"}'About the Meeting Cost Calculator
Work out what a meeting really costs from attendees' hourly rates or salaries, or run a live meter that ticks up the cost while the meeting is going on.
How to use the Meeting Cost Calculator
- Add a group for each pay level: how many people, and their hourly rate or annual salary.
- Enter how long the meeting runs to see its total cost, cost per hour and cost per minute.
- Or press Start when the meeting begins to watch the cost climb in real time, and Stop when it ends.
Examples
Input
4 × 50/hour, 2 × 120,000/year, 45 minutes
Output
This 45 min meeting with 6 people costs about 236.54 (315.38 per hour).
Input
8 × 75/hour, 90 minutes
Output
This 1 h 30 min meeting with 8 people costs about 900.00 (600.00 per hour).
Frequently asked questions
How is an annual salary turned into an hourly rate?
It is divided by 2,080, the number of hours in a 40-hour week worked for 52 weeks. A 120,000 salary is about 57.69 an hour. If your people work different hours, enter an hourly rate instead.
Does this include benefits and overheads?
Only if you include them in the rates. Employers often reckon the full cost of an employee at 1.25 to 1.4 times salary once taxes, benefits, equipment and office space are counted, so you can scale the rates up to reflect that.
Does the live meter keep counting if I switch tabs?
Yes. It works from the moment you pressed Start rather than counting ticks, so even if the browser slows the tab down in the background, the time and cost are correct when you come back.